Graduate Certificate in Applied Science
Graduate Certificate in Applied Science
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Upcoming start dates
Semester 2 - 15 Jul 2024
Semester 1 - 17 Feb 2025
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Qualification
Graduate Certificates
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Duration
0.5 years full-time
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Credits
60
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Location
Lincoln University Campus
Lincoln University’s Graduate Certificate in Applied Science expands your world by teaching how science is applied to the different parts of our world, solving problems and nourishing progress.
If you love solving problems and are fascinated by science, the Graduate Certificate in Applied Science is for you. Through this programme, you’ll cultivate an understanding of how science has played a vital part in the evolution of industry, agriculture, medicine, communications and transport. And coming from New Zealand’s only specialist land-based agribusiness and ecosystems university, you’ll see how science is guiding the management and conservation of our biosphere and its precious resources.
Programme information
- Completion of an undergraduate degree from an accredited higher education institution in New Zealand.
- Or an equivalent educational achievement or level.
- If English isn’t your first language, other entry requirements will apply. Learn more about the English language requirements.
Summary of Regulations
All of the following:
- 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at 300 level. The remaining 15 credits may be chosen from the Schedule of Courses.
What's it going to cost?
Learn more by using the Domestic Fees Calculator or viewing the International Fees.
You can start studying in either:
- Semester 1 (late February)
- Semester 2 (mid-July)
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Entry requirements
- Completion of an undergraduate degree from an accredited higher education institution in New Zealand.
- Or an equivalent educational achievement or level.
- If English isn’t your first language, other entry requirements will apply. Learn more about the English language requirements.
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Regulations and fees
Summary of Regulations
All of the following:
- 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at 300 level. The remaining 15 credits may be chosen from the Schedule of Courses.
What's it going to cost?
Learn more by using the Domestic Fees Calculator or viewing the International Fees.
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Intake semesters
You can start studying in either:
- Semester 1 (late February)
- Semester 2 (mid-July)
Programme Structure
The Graduate in Applied Science is a flexible programme that covers subjects from Environmental Management to Soil Science to Transport Studies, that can normally be completed in a single semester of full-time study..
You require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at 300 level from courses listed in the Schedule of Courses from:
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology
The remaining 15 credits can be selected from the Schedule of Courses. A course advisor will help to ensure that your course choices form a coherent study programme.
Year 1
First study semester
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First study semester
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Applied Science Courses*
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Elective
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Elective
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Elective
- Elective courses
- Refer to the list below
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*Applied Science Courses
Choose a minimum of three of the following courses:
Semester 1
- ANSC 327 - Animal Nutrition, Biochemistry and Metabolism 15 credits
- BMGT 314 - Quality Systems 15 credits
- ANSC 312 - Dairy Production Science 15 credits
- MGMT 316 - Analysis and Planning in Agricultural Systems 15 credits
- QMET 306 - Experimentation 15 credits
- PLSC 320 - Crop Science 15 credits
- SOSC 340 - Advanced Soil Management 15 credits
- SCIE 393 - Advanced Field Research 15 credits
- FOOD 301 - Food Product Innovation and Quality 15 credits
- FOOD 304 - Microbial Biotechnology 15 credits
- ENGN 361 - Winery Equipment and Structures 15 credits
- PLPT 323 - Grape Pest and Disease Management 15 credits
- LWST 302 - Resource Management Law 15 credits
- ENTO 304 - Insect Ecology and Diversity 15 credits
- PLPT 305 - Plant Diseases 15 credits
- WATR 301 - Water Resource Management 15 credits
Semester 2
- ANSC 319 - Animal Physiology 15 credits
- BICH 301 - Advanced Biochemistry 15 credits
- ANSC 314 - Meat and Wool Production Science 15 credits
- MGMT 317 - Development and Investment in Agricultural Systems 15 credits
- PLSC 321 - Pasture Agronomy 15 credits
- ECOL 309 - AgroEcology 15 credits
- FOOD 302 - Advanced Food Processing 15 credits
- FOOD 303 - Food Biochemistry and Biotechnology 15 credits
- WINE 304 - Wine Chemistry and Technology 15 credits
- MGMT 344 - Strategic Management in Wine and Horticultural Business Systems 15 credits
- WINE 301 - Viticulture II 15 credits
- WINE 302 - Wine Quality Assessment 15 credits
- ERST 310 - GIS and Applications in Natural Resource Analysis 15 credits
- ERST 313 - Catchment Management 15 credits
- HORT 330 - Fruit and Vegetable Science and Technology 15 credits
- PLPT 306 - Sustainable Plant Protection 15 credits
- PLSC 325 - Environmental Plant Biology 15 credits
- PLSC 331 - Seed Technology 15 credits
- SOSC 301 - Advanced Soil Science 15 credits
Programme contacts
Key information for students
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